Single Reviews – 25 November Philip Lickley’s weekly round-up of the coming weeks biggest single releases… Bullet For My Valentine – ’Temper Temper’ [rating:3.5/5] Buy: Temper Temper The first single from their same-titled fourth album ticks all the boxes of a rock song with a driving guitar backing, rough screaming vocals and a catchy drum…
Florence and The Machine have released a new video for Ceremonials track ‘Lover To Lover’. The video was directed by Vincent Haycock, and features Florence and actor Ben Mendelsohn in a troubled relationship. Watch it here: Florence and the Machine: Lover to Lover on Nowness.com. ‘Lover To Lover’ is due for release on 4 December,…
Single Reviews – 18 November Philip Lickley’s weekly look at the hottest new singles. Check out what’s worth downloading and what’s worth ignoring this week… Alicia Keys – ’Girl On Fire’ [rating:2.5/5] Buy: Girl On Fire Alicia Keys returns with the lead single off her matchingly-titled fifth album. With some heavy drum beats and vocal…
Foals debuted a new Holy Fire track last night during their spot on BBC show Later… With Jools Holland. Watch their run-through of the funky, Afrobeat-ish ‘My Number’ below: ‘My Number’ is the second track to emerge from Foals’ upcoming third album – following lead single ‘Inhaler’ which was released online earlier this month. Holy Fire…
Ever since Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr announced his debut solo album ‘The Messenger’ I’ve been waiting to hear what a 100% Marr track actually sounds like. Today I found out, and unsurprisingly it sounds brilliant! Watch the promo video for album title track ‘The Messenger’ below and let me know what you think in the…
Outkast rapper/producer Big Boi has teamed up with hip-hop man-of-the-moment A$AP Rocky and indie-pop duo Phantogram for ‘Lines’, the latest track from his upcoming second debut album Vicious Lies & Dangerous Rumors – the follow-up to 2010’s brilliant Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty. Stream the funky and spaced-out ‘Lines’ here: The release…
Single Reviews – 11 November Time for Philip Lickley to pass judgement on the pick of this weeks new single releases. Let us know if you agree with him in the comments at the bottom… Example – ’Close Enemies’ [rating:3/5] Buy: Close Enemies Elliot “Example” Gleave, this time riding solo, churns out another in an…
With their new album Wolf’s Law out in January and a UK tour on the horizon, it’s time for The Joy Formidable to remind us of their distinct brand of unpretentious and invigorating power-pop. Here’s the video for the album’s lead single ‘This Ladder Is Ours’ to do just that:
Following the very cinematic and expansive promo video for ‘Ride’, Lana Del Rey has gone back to basics for the video for ‘Bel Air’ – another ‘bonus’ track from her Born To Die: Paradise Edition release. Watch the smoky and sultry video here: The description of the video on YouTube mentions a film called…
It’s hard to pick out a stand-out track from an album as consistently stunning as Tame Impala’s Lonerism, but if I had to I’d plump for ‘Feels Like We Only Go Backwards’ as the highlight. Maybe Kevin Parker agrees, because he’s commissioned this visual treat of a video to accompany it: The video was made…
